Open AccessThe effect of pottery material composition as subsurface irrigation on the growth of chilli (Capsicum annum L.) in Alfisols and Entisol
Author(s) -
Rahayu Rahayu,
H Aktavia,
A S Rivaldi,
Komariah
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/1016/1/012012
Subject(s) - pottery , entisol , irrigation , silt , alfisol , soil water , environmental science , agronomy , mathematics , geology , geography , archaeology , soil science , biology , paleontology
Climate change requires the agricultural sector to be more precise in water management. Rainfed lands and irrigated lands with no year-round water supply require an efficient way of using water in the dry season. One of the efforts to utilize irrigation efficiently is to develop subsurface seepage irrigation techniques using pottery. This study aims to determine the composition of the pottery material, the ratio of sand, silt and clay which is optimal for the growth of chilli plants. The experiment was carried out with plots arranged in a nested design with a treatment of five pottery materials with different compositions of clay, soil and sand, and tested on entisol and alfisol soils. The results showed that the pottery irrigation with a combination of pottery material composition on two types of soil affected the weight of chilli fruit. Pottery with a composition of 70% clay and 30% sand is the most effective pottery for chilli and yields on surface growth irrigation.